_Thys letter be delyverd to John Paston, dwellyn in the Inder In of the
Tempyll at London, in hast._
[Sidenote: About 1454]
I grete yow well, and lete yow wete that thys day I was with my doughtyr
yor wyfe, and che was in good hele att the makyn of thys letter, thankyd
be God! and sche lete yor sustyr and me wete of a letter wheche ye sent
hyr, that ye have be laboryd to for Ser William Oldhall to have your
sustyr, and desyryng in the seyd letter to have an answer in schort
tyme, who [_how_] sche wyll be demenyd in thys mater.
Yor suster recomaundyt hyr to yow, and thankyt yow hertyly that ye wyll
remembyr hyr, and lete hyr have knowleche ther of, and prayt yow that ye
wyll do your dever to bryng it to a good conclusyon; for sche seythe to
me that sche trystyt that ye wyll do so, that it xall be bothe for hyr
worchup and profyt. And as for me, if ye can thynke that hys lond
standyt cler, in as meche as I fele your sustyr well wyllyd ther to,
I hold me well content.
And as for the oblygacyon of the persen of Marlynferthe, wheche I sent
yow by John Newman, I pray yow lete it be suyd; and as for the Parson
and Lyndesey, they be a cordyd. And God have yow in kepyn, and send yow
hys blyssyn and myn. Wretyn at Norwyche on Pulver Wedenesday.[302.1]
Be yor moder,